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Patrick J. Kennedy to Address Key Policymakers at CMS Innovation Center Summit:

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Will Urge Funding of Effective Behavioral Health Treatment Solutions

Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) September 08, 2017

Former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.) will give the keynote address at a Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) conference that will preview payment models to improve access, quality, and cost of care for individuals with behavioral health conditions. He will strongly encourage CMS – which has major influence over the American health care system – to reimburse effective forms of treatment and to enforce the federal mental health parity law, which requires that health insurers cover mental health and addiction treatment the same way they cover physical health ailments.

The all-day public forum entitled the “Behavioral Health Payment and Care Delivery Innovation Summit,” will take place on Friday, at the CMS headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland, starting at 10 a.m. ET. For more information regarding the summit, click here.

“We are overdue in creating health insurance payment models that place greater emphasis on prevention, integrated care, patient outcome metrics, and emerging technologies for those living with mental health and substance use disorders,” comments Former Congressman Kennedy. “We cannot solve the opioid and suicide epidemics until we develop the right payment incentives to promote evidence-based behavioral health interventions.”

Former Congressman Kennedy will kick off the CMS summit by encouraging the quick rollout of reimbursement for initiatives that improve the lives of people living with mental health and substance use disorders. In particular, he will describe proven models for prevention and early intervention, screening and initial treatment by primary care providers, collaborative care, and hospital/community partnerships. He will also highlight programs launched by private insurers that provide bundled payments for medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorder.

Former Congressman Kennedy is a lifelong mental health advocate who lives in long-term recovery from opioid addiction. He is the founder of The Kennedy Forum, a convening think tank tackling mental health and addiction issues and co-founder of One Mind, a global leader in open science collaboration for brain research.  In 2015, he co-authored A Common Struggle, a New York Times best seller, which details his personal journey and provides a roadmap for the future of mental health policy.

To stream the CMS Behavioral Health Payment and Care Delivery Innovation Summit, click here. To download a copy of Mr. Kennedy’s written testimony, click here. For more information about the Kennedy Forum or other helpful resources addressing behavioral health and substance use, please visit http://www.TheKennedyForum.org.

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About the Kennedy Forum
Founded in 2013 by former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.), the Kennedy Forum focuses on advancing evidence-based practices, policies, and programming in behavioral health. This is achieved through promoting public discourse in health and addiction issues, ensuring equal access for patients living with mental health and/or substance use disorders; and advancing prevention and treatment throughout the entire continuum of the healthcare delivery system. The Kennedy Forum’s collaborative partnerships help to foster greater provider accountability, integration and coordination, cutting-edge technologies, and brain fitness and health. The nonprofit organization publishes frequent issue briefs and is a repository of other educational resources on behavioral health parity issues. To learn more about the Kennedy Forum’s efforts to eradicate the stigma often associated with behavioral health, or to access related materials visit http://www.thekennedyforum.org, http://www.paritytrack.org, and http://www.parityregistry.org. Reported by PRWeb 15 hours ago.

"Greatest Fiscal Crisis In Our City's History": Hartford Warns It Will Be Broke In 60 Days

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Greatest Fiscal Crisis In Our City's History: Hartford Warns It Will Be Broke In 60 Days Well, that escalated quickly.

Just two months after Standard & Poor’s downgraded its general obligation debt to junk status, warning that the historic Connecticut capital could soon follow other once-proud cities like Detroit into bankruptcy, *Hartford city officials confirmed as much when they warned on Thursday that the city could be forced into insolvency within two months if the state doesn’t provide emergency financial relief,* the WSJ reports.



“City officials warned Gov. Dannel Malloy, a Democrat, and state lawmakers that Hartford, *which has a deficit approaching $50 million, wouldn’t be able to pay all of its bills within 60 days. Hartford officials said it would file for bankruptcy at that point unless the state legislature passes a budget that gives the city more funding or otherwise provides it with more cash.*

 

*‘We face the greatest fiscal crisis in our city’s history,’ officials said in a letter signed by Mayor Luke Bronin, Treasurer Adam Cloud and Thomas Clarke II, president of the court of common council.”*



Hartford has been plagued by political corruption and a disintegrating corporate tax base – most recently exemplified by health-insurance giant Aetna’s decision to move its corporate headquarters away from the city, which was once proudly called “the Insurance Capital of the World.”  

And unfortunately for the struggling capital, political discord involving both lame-duck Gov. Dannel Malloy and leaders in the state legislature suggests that an agreement to save the city won’t be forthcoming.  

State legislators won’t return from recess until next week. *But according to the Connecticut Mirror legislative leaders have yet to reach a budget deal with Malloy after failing to pass one in late June, forcing the governor to fund the state’s operations using emergency measures, slashing funding for municipal services across the state.*



“We could not agree more with the urgency of the situation, particularly for the City of Hartford,” a spokeswoman for Mr. Malloy said. *“We continue to hope to have a full budget adopted by October to mitigate the harm and avoid having towns or cities go through reorganization.”*



As WSJ points out, the state of Connecticut is struggling with unprecedented fiscal challenges of its own. *Its leaders must pass a budget to close a $3.5 billion spending gap.*

In a situation that echoes President Donald Trump’s struggles with Republicans in Congress, Malloy has found himself butting heads with members of his own party during the budget-negotiation process. To wit, the Democratic

*Speaker of the Connecticut State Assembly Joe Aresimowicz has said he will call a vote for the budget plan on Sept. 14 to try and force lawmakers’ hands.*



“Democratic Speaker of House Joe Aresimowicz said Wednesday he planned to call for a vote on the budget on Sept. 14 even though lawmakers have yet to reach a consensus on a spending plan. It is unclear if there will be enough votes in both chambers to pass it.

 

House Democrats said calling for a vote on the budget will put pressure on lawmakers to choose between that spending plan, which likely would give more money to cities and towns, or the governor’s executive order, which has made painful cuts to municipal funding.

 

‘If you are not part of the solution, you are voting for the executive order,’ said House Majority Leader Matt Ritter, who represents Hartford.”



Only 64 bankruptcies have been filed by cities, counties, towns and villages since 1954, according to James Spiotto, an attorney who tracks municipalities’ bankruptcies, who told WSJ.

The Californian cities of San Bernardino and Stockton filed for bankruptcy in 2012. *The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico filed for a form of bankruptcy that incorporates parts of chapter 9 law, the type of protection used by struggling cities and counties earlier this year. Detroit filed for bankruptcy in 2013, though there was some disagreement in the courts about whether the city was eligible to file. It has since exited bankruptcy.*

Hartford likely can’t cut spending to solve its problems, according to a recent report by Moody’s that was cited by WSJ.



*“There is very little room for further cuts, given the reductions in services the city has already made and its fixed costs and education mandates,”* Moody’s said. *“Hartford would likely be eliminating, rather than reducing, core services.”*



As with other troubled cities and states, the rising cost of paying out generous health-care and pension benefits for municipal employees are two of Hartford’s biggest fiscal challenges. The city owes nearly $180 million in payments for debt service, health care, pensions and other costs for the current fiscal year, according to WSJ. That’s equivalent to more than half the city’s budget, excluding education.

Rising fixed costs for health care and pensions have been driving Hartford’s fiscal challenges. *The city is on the hook for nearly $180 million in payments for debt service, health care, pensions and other costs for the current fiscal year. That is more than half of the city’s budget, excluding education.*

Hartford officials said its law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP will engage in negotiations with its bondholders, and asked bond holders to be “part of the solution,” to which we say…good luck with that.



*“Our bondholders understand that our debt burden is unmanageable,”* city officials said in the letter. *“They will need to be part of the solution today, through a serious, sustainable, long-term debt restructuring.”*



Despite the city’s fiscal woes, developers are trying to revitalize Hartford’s downtown by building condos, hoping to attract millennial young professionals who purportedly prefer to live in urban environments. Whether this effort is successful at attracting what could be a crucial new component of the city’s tax base has yet to be determined. *This summer, the developer of a recently build soccer stadium that was plagued by cost overruns and shady financing scandals has been convicted of fraud and money laundering.*

*For their part, city officials have asked the state to reimburse it for its nontaxable property, more than half of which consists of state-owned buildings, as well as colleges and hospitals.* They’ve also asked the state legislature to create a new board to settle contract disputes with labor unions.

But with the state still struggling with a crisis of its own making, it’s unclear whether any help will be forthcoming.

*Like they say: One drowning man cannot help another drowning man.* Reported by Zero Hedge 12 hours ago.

TAPMI seeks a direction for HR through 'DISHA'

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The 9th edition of the three-day annual HR conclave 'DISHA' concluded here at T A Pai Management Institute. The theme for this year's conclave, Metamorphosis: Redesign, Recreate, Transform reflected the need for HR as a domain to upgrade itself in an environment. It is characterised by an ever-intensifying war of talent, the use of analytics for decision-making and leveraging artificial intelligence for transactional activities.

DISHA is a flagship HR event of TAPMI that creates a platform for industry leaders to articulate the current issues, challenges and opportunities in the HR space. This year's conclave saw the presence of several eminent HR heads of big companies such as Siemens Executive Vice President and Head of HR Ramesh Shankar, Reliance Industries Talent Management Vice President Manoj K Prasad, Accenture Service Pvt Ltd Vice-President (HR) Suehlan Yu, Swarovski (India) Lead HR Sonali Dutta, Apollo Munich Health Insurance Associate VP Sumit Mukherjee and Idea Cellular Vice President (HR) Satyajit Dash, to name a few.

Speaking about the importance of a fest such as DISHA, TAPMI Director Professor Madhu Veeraraghavan said that, "Events such as DISHA provide a platform for students to interact with industry professionals to gain insights. When teams work together, there's a lot more innovation than a lone inventor and that should be the focus of HR in the coming years."

The three-day conclave was packed with panel discussion, interactive guest lectures and seminars, delivered by eminent industry guests on various topics and student competitions such as debates, hiring simulations and mock press event.

The panel discussion and interactive lectures saw many relevant HR spokespersons such as Sudeep Mitra - Investor and Advisor at Qilotech.com; Arindam Datta, Senior General Manager-Ops, WNS Global; Umanath Kumar, Divisional manager-HR, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd; Priyadarshini Prabhu-Head Talent Management and Operational Development-TE connectivity; Jatin Peepliwal, Talent Management, HRBP, University Relations Times; Dr Sunil Naik, Director-HR, DGF India; Rajesh Sahay, Sr V-P and HR head WIPRO; Kosal Ram, General Manager HR at Manipal Hospitals Internet sharing their insights on topics such as man-machine collaboration in HR technology adoption, employee development - risks and returns, making brand advocates through employee consumerisation.

DISHA, conceptualised in 2009, provides a platform for students to interact with and initiate conversations with HR experts, discover new perspectives, learn about the current challenges and developments in the field and understand the expectations of industry as a whole. The three-day event was packed with events for students, giving them an opportunity to interact with industry stalwarts while testing their skills.

DH News Service Reported by Deccan Herald 7 hours ago.

Hayes, Inc. to Present on Genetic Testing at 33rd Annual ROSE Conference

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Renee Balliet, PhD, MBA, will speak to attendees about how to discern fact from hype in the field of genetic testing.

(PRWEB) September 08, 2017

The Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. (RGA) will hold their 33rd annual ROSE Conference in September. This year, Dr. Balliet will represent Hayes, Inc. with the presentation “Navigating the Hype of Genetic Testing” on September 14, 2017, at 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM CDT. Dr. Balliet will present how payers can sift through the maze of genetic tests to enhance management and claim outcomes.

“I’m honored to represent Hayes by speaking about such an important topic in healthcare today,” says Dr. Balliet. “The volume of commercially available genetic tests alone presents a significant challenge to payers when determining their coverage policies. Our presentation at the ROSE Conference will provide attendees with some of the guidance they need to navigate the volume and complexity of genetic testing.”

In her presentation, Dr. Balliet will address the following objectives:·     Understanding the current regulatory landscape
·     Identifying key criteria when assessing tests that look at somatic variants
·     Understanding germline genetic testing and why standard definitions of clinical utility may not be appropriate
·     Exploring the future of molecular diagnostics

Renee Balliet, PhD, MBA, is the Product Manager for the Hayes Genetic Test Evaluation (GTE) program. She is responsible for the topic selection, development, and scientific review of GTE reports at Hayes. Additionally, she has authored and co-authored numerous papers in the fields of pharmacogenetics and tumor etiology. The Hayes GTE program provides the fiercely unbiased, evidence-based reports payers need to make defensible coverage decisions. Payers use the GTE program to develop coverage policy for genetic testing and to make coverage determination in the absence of policy.

Each year, the ROSE Conference welcomes nurses, case managers, claim specialists, claim managers, physicians, and others who work in group disability or health insurance across the U.S. and Canada. Attendees receive pragmatic and insightful information to enhance case management, claim outcomes, and customer service for their policy holders and claimants. The ROSE Conference will be held on September 13 to 15, 2017, at the Hotel Minneapolis in Minneapolis, MN. Online registration is open now.

ABOUT HAYES
Hayes, Inc., an internationally recognized leader in health technology research and consulting, is dedicated to the delivery of high-quality healthcare and improved outcomes through the integration of evidence into decision making and policy development. The unbiased information and comparative-effectiveness analyses we provide enable evidence-based decisions about acquiring, managing, and paying for health technologies. Our worldwide clients include hospitals, healthcare systems, government agencies, health plans, and employers. For more information about Hayes, Inc., visit http://www.hayesinc.com. Reported by PRWeb 8 hours ago.

Lifeboat Distribution Announces Partnership with SimpleWan

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SimpleWan brings its all-in-one SD-WAN, cloud management, and security solution to Lifeboat’s portfolio

Eatontown, NJ (PRWEB) September 08, 2017

Lifeboat Distribution, an international value-added distributor for virtualization, security, business continuity and other technically sophisticated products, announced today a distribution agreement with SimpleWan, a provider of an all-in-one solution that includes SD-WAN, managed wifi, network monitoring, cyber security, failover, and more.

SimpleWan's solution delivers real-time intrusion defense, cloud management, SD-WAN technology, and support for key compliance regulations including: the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

"We are excited to be working with Lifeboat and its extensive group of partners," said Brian Perdue, VP of Sales for SimpleWan. "As business technologies become more complex and advanced, we are proud to work with such a forward-thinking distributor such as Lifeboat, who is consistently committed to helping its partners boost sales and provide best-in-class solutions."

"We are pleased to offer SimpleWan's cloud-based networking solutions to our reseller community. SD-WAN helps lower the cost of networking and improve performance for multi-location businesses. SimpleWan's all-in-one-solution is easily managed from a single dashboard to monitor every location. SimpleWan will give our resellers a solution that is easy to install and manage at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions," said Brian Gilbertson, Vice President and General Manager, Lifeboat Distribution.

Those interested in distribution services and solutions should contact Lifeboat by phone at +1.800.847.7078 (US), or +1.888.523.7777 (Canada), or by email at sales(at)lifeboatdistribution(dot)com.

About Lifeboat Distribution
Lifeboat Distribution, a subsidiary of Wayside Technology Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSTG), is an international value added distributor for virtualization/cloud computing, security, application and network infrastructure, business continuity/disaster recovery, database infrastructure and management, application lifecycle management, science/engineering, and other technically sophisticated products. The company helps vendors recruit and build multinational solution provider networks, power their networks, and drive incremental sales revenues that complement existing sales channels. Lifeboat Distribution services thousands of solution providers, VARs, systems integrators, corporate resellers, and consultants worldwide, helping them power a rich opportunity stream, and build profitable product and service businesses. For additional information visit http://www.lifeboatdistribution.com, or call 1.800.847.7078 (US), +1.732.389.0037
(International), +1.888.523.7777 (Canada), or +31.20.210.8005 (Europe). Follow Lifeboat Distribution on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter @LifeboatVAD.

About SimpleWan
Launched in 2013, SimpleWAN is quickly becoming an industry leader in cloud-based networking and automated solutions. With state of the art features like SD-WAN, SD-Voice, cloud managed wifi and automated security and protection systems, SimpleWAN is working to meet the needs of small and large business networks. SimpleWAN won SDN Product of the Year for 2014 and 2016 by TMC Magazine.

For Media & PR inquiries contact:

Lifeboat Distribution
Media Relations
media(at)lifeboatdistribution(dot)com

SimpleWan
Brian Perdue, Director of Channel Sales
(602) 460-4118, Brian.Perdue(at)SimpleWan(dot)com 
http://www.simplewan.com or call 1-855- GET-A-WAN

Lifeboat is a registered trademark of Lifeboat Distribution in the US and other countries. All other company names or product names may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Reported by PRWeb 8 hours ago.

Why some women who want to be pregnant are going to work for Starbucks

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Starbucks is one of a handful of companies that offer health insurance that covers in vitro fertilization. Would becoming a... Reported by Deseret News 7 hours ago.

Opioids Provide Another Clue As To Why Men Are Working Less In US

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Opioids Provide Another Clue As To Why Men Are Working Less In US Watch VideoEconomists are on a mission to figure out why men aren't working as much as they used to.

It's a complicated problem to be sure: Everything from work automation to video games might be somewhat to blame.

But a new study published by the Brookings Institution suggests opioids might be a large part of the problem.

The study looked at opioid use across the United States, county by county, from 1999 to 2015. It found that in counties with lower workforce participation, opioid prescriptions were higher.

The study estimates the rise in painkiller prescriptions could be to blame for about 20 percent of the drop in men's workforce participation during those years. 

Nearly half of the men surveyed who were out of the labor force reported taking pain medication daily — including over-the-counter medication. And 40 percent said pain keeps them from having a job.

*SEE MORE: Getting A Fix: Preventing Opioid Addiction*

Of course, just because there's a correlation doesn't necessarily mean scientists have found a cause. But this study lends a bit of weight to something economists at Goldman Sachs have been saying for a few months now about the workforce and opioids in general.

And the Federal Reserve's Beige Book has begun citing workers' inability to pass drug tests as a big reason some places couldn't find workers.

Again, this is likely one factor among many: Past research has blamed video games, higher rates of college attendance and technology's tendency to automate low-skill jobs out of existence.

But, the Brookings study suggests pain intervention therapies and expanded health insurance coverage might help stabilize the workforce. Reported by Newsy 5 hours ago.

Princeton Economist: Nearly Half Of Working Age Men Not In The Labor Force Take Opioids Daily

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Princeton Economist: Nearly Half Of Working Age Men Not In The Labor Force Take Opioids Daily Esteemed Princeton professor and former Obama White House economist Alan Krueger is back with yet another prediction about why Americans, particularly men between the ages of 25-54, suddenly no longer have any interest in working.  In his report, entitled "Where Have All The Workers Gone? An Inquiry Into The Decline Of The U.S. Labor Force Participation Rate," Krueger ponders the data below which reveal that the *labor force participation rate among men, aged 25-54, started dropping around 1965 and has been steadily declining ever since.*

Of course, it couldn't possibly have anything to do with stagnant real wages or soaring entitlements that have provided massive, and increasing, disincentives to work over the past several decades. 

No, after spending months, or maybe even years, running very complicated regressions that your simple mind could never possibly understand, *Krueger would like for you to know that it's the growing opioid epidemic that is forcing men to sit on their couches all day rather than look for work.*  Here's a summary of his findings from the Brookings Institute:



*The increase in opioid prescriptions from 1999 to 2015 could account for about 20 percent of the observed decline in men’s labor force participation (LFP) *during that same period.

 

In “Where have all the workers gone? An inquiry into the decline of the U.S. labor force participation rate” (PDF), Princeton University’s Alan Krueger examines the labor force implications of the opioid epidemic on a local and national level.

 

Among other findings, the research suggests that:

 

· Regional variation in opioid prescription rates across the U.S. is due in large part to differences in medical practices, rather than varying health conditions. Pain medication is more widely used in counties where health care professionals prescribe greater quantities of opioid medication, with a 10 percent increase in opioid prescriptions per capita is associated with a 2 percent increase in the share of individuals who report taking a pain medication on any given day. When accounting for individuals’ disability status, self-reported health, and demographic characteristics, the effect is cut roughly in half, but remains statistically significant.

 

· Over the last 15 years, *LFP fell more in counties where more opioids were prescribed.* Krueger reaches this conclusion by linking 2015 county-level opioid prescription rates to individual level labor force data in 1999-2001 and 2014-16. For more on the relationship between prescription rates and labor force participation rate on the county-level.



Krueger also provided this very helpful map proving that opioid abuse is highly correlated to unemployment.  Of course, it couldn't possibly be the case that opioid abuse is the result of high unemployment and the associated depression that goes along with it...no, the opioid abuse definitely came first.

 

*So, what is Krueger's solution* to help reverse the seemingly perpetual decline in labor force participation rates? * If you guessed 'Obamacare' then you're absolutely right*...and unfortunately, no, that is not a joke...here is the excerpt from page 38 of Krueger's paper:



Third, addressing the decades-long slide in labor force participation by prime age men should be a national priority. This group expresses low levels of SWB and reports finding relatively little meaning in their daily activities. *Because nearly half of this group reported being in poor health, it may be possible for expanded health insurance coverage and preventative care under the Affordable Care Act to positively affect the health of prime age men going forward.*



*And while we would never presume to be smart enough to question the very thorough, impartial research of a Princeton economist, we do wonder whether it's in any way relevant that labor force participation rates seemingly started to decline in 1965...*

 

*...at exactly the same time that welfare spending started to surge?*

 

*It's probably just a coincidence.*

Krueger's full report can be reviewed here: Reported by Zero Hedge 2 hours ago.

Santhigram Wellness Kerala Ayurveda Opens its Ayurveda Wellness Center at Livingston, New Jersey

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Santhigram Kerala Ayurvedic Company proudly announces opening of its 4th Ayurveda Wellness and Panchakarma Center in New Jersey at 22 Old Short Hills Road, Livingston.

Livingston, New Jersey (PRWEB) September 09, 2017

Santhigram Wellness Kerala Ayurveda thankfully acknowledges the love and support it received in America for making its humble beginning 10 years back a great success. Keeping Pace with the Global acceptance of Ayurveda, the mission to Spread the wholesome Goodness of Ayurveda and Kerala specific "Panchakarma" treatments, supplemented by the positive feedback it received from the clients, Santhigram proudly announce the opening of its 4th location in New Jersey, after Raritan Center Edison, Oak tree Rd., Edison and North Brunswick, inside the Medical Office Complex at Suite #106, 22 Old Short Hills Road, Livingston, NJ 07039.

Dr. Gopinathan Nair, CEO of the Company said, “We are overwhelmed with the popularity of our Ayurveda Wellness Centers in USA. It is a matter of satisfaction that due to our consistent efforts, most of the health insurance companies started reimbursing to its clients the treatment expenses incurred at Santhigram's facilities. We are confident that the insurance coverage of Santhigram's services will encourage more and more people to avail our holistic treatments and will be a boon to those who are suffering from many chronic ailments and want to go for the side-effect-free holistic system of treatments.”

Ayurveda and Panchakarma are more than 5000 years old systems of healing and wellness which considers various aspects like individual constitution, life style and personal habits in order to come up with a customized regime for those who seek Health Physically and mentally. Santhigram Wellness Kerala Ayurveda is an ISO certified provider of genuine Ayurveda and Kerala panchakarma therapies. Santhigram USA Centers are staffed by ayurveda professionals specially trained by its parent company in India not only in "Panchakarma Treatments" but also in the company’s various specialized health management packages like Sthoulya Chikitsa (Obesity Management), Rasayana Chikitsa (Rejuvenation Therapy & Management of Old Age Syndrome), Mano-Avasada Chikitsa (Stress-depression Management), Mukha-Saundarya Chikitsa (Naturalized Facial Beauty Therapy), Nidranasa Chikitsa (Insomnia Management) etc. Santhigram's Ayurveda professionals are unique and courteous who provide Ayurvedic consultation, Prakriti analysis, panchakarma therapies for rejuvenation and detoxification and Dietary Recommendations addressing various health issues.

Santhigram's time tested remedies and specialized treatments help in providing relief in Back Pain, Neck Pain, Frozen Shoulder, Sports Injury, Arthritis, Insomnia, Asthma, Diabetes, Depression, Sinusitis, Migraine, Psoriasis, Eczema and many more. During the launch of Livingston Center, Dr. Ambika Nair, Vice President and Chief Holistic Consultant of the Company said, “The age-old holistic system of medicine helps to make the Body and Mind of the individual Strong on its own to face anything and lead a disease-free healthy life. We are happy that Santhigram was able to not only help in alleviating many chronic ailments but also it has helped very many people who had infertility and sex related problems and also children having lack of focus and delayed mile stone”.

Due to Popular Demand, Santhigram is providing Residential Option for the out of Station clients at its Raritan Center, Edison Location in New Jersey. Santhigram also has Centers based out of New York, Texas, Illinois and Wisconsin.

For more details visit Santhigramusa.com or Contact
Dr Gopinathan Nair, President and CEO.
Santhigram Kerala Ayurvedic Co. of US Inc.
1503 Finnegan Lane, North Brunswick, NJ-08902,
Email- info(at)santhigramusa(dot)com. Phone- 732-658-6070 Reported by PRWeb 20 hours ago.

Trump says he 'cleared the way' for tax reform, but there's still one huge roadblock

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Trump says he 'cleared the way' for tax reform, but there's still one huge roadblock In rationalizing his break with the Republican Party by making a budget-debt ceiling-Hurricane Harvey aid deal with Democratic leadership, President Trump has said that he was trying to "clear the way" for tax reform.

Well, he forgot a roadblock.

Earlier this week the House Freedom Caucus released its own tax plan. Axios' Jonathan Swan published some details. The plan:

· Slashes the corporate tax rate from 35% to 16%.
· Doubles the standard deduction for individuals.
· Abandons "revenue neutrality," the dogma that tax reform mustn't worsen currently projected deficits.

This contrasts the White House "Gang of Six" plan in that well, there is a plan.

But that's about the only constructive thing you can say about the Freedom Caucus tax plan. It makes no credible attempt to raise revenue, and would extend tax cuts for twenty years rather than ten.

As for the corporate tax rate, Swan reports that the administration's team thinks they'll be lucky if it can get the rate down to 25% based on the revenue they can raise. (Which, given the real tax rate corporate America pays, wouldn't be much of a change for US coffers — this would mostly be about closing loopholes.) 

In short, this plan isn't going anywhere. Of course, the Freedom Caucus knows that.

"Meadows wants to create dysfunction and they'll do that under the guise of keeping Trump on his promises," one source close to the White House told Business Insider. "Nothing is going to pass. Nothing is going to get done."

In other words' Meadows' obstruction is effective — and it's going into effect on the most important piece of legislation to his own party. 

This is the same playbook the Meadows and his team used during Obamacare repeal negotiations. Instead of working with the rest of the GOP, Meadows dug in his heels on any change to the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance, making the GOP's plan untenable. The WSJ pointed that out in a scathing Friday editorial about Meadows' "record of accomplishment." The paper dared Meadows to challenge House Speaker Paul Ryan for his position.

"If Mr. Meadows wants to stage a coup, he should do it publicly by putting his agenda and strategy front and center for everyone to see," said the WSJ. "Take the dagger out from under the toga, Mark, and show your colleagues that lean and hungry look. Then let’s hold a vote."

Meadows can't win that vote and he knows it. He can and likely will, however, make the GOP lose tax reform.

*SEE ALSO: Even Wall Street's biggest cheerleader is tired of the White House's Goldman guys and their tax 'plan'*

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It's time to repeal the Cadillac tax on employer-sponsored health insurance

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Why and how small business owners should protect themselves with commercial insurance

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Hurricane relief: Health insurers ease rules for Harvey victims

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Several major health insurance companies are relaxing some plan rules for their members in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Health Insurance Innovations under pressure on bearish report from MOX; shares down 14%

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Health Insurance Innovations to host investor call today at 4:30 pm ET

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Why Health Insurance Innovations Dropped 21.9% Today

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Short sellers are questioning the company's valuation, citing potential risks to its business. Reported by Motley Fool 1 day ago.

What To Do When Your Health Insurance Won't Pay The Bills

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Insurers can reduce benefits or change how much they are willing to pay for services, but they are generally supposed to give customers 60 days' notice. Reported by NPR 18 hours ago.

McCabe joins crowded Democratic field for Wisconsin governor

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Longtime Wisconsin political activist Mike McCabe is joining the increasingly crowded Democratic field for governor. McCabe is launching his candidacy on Tuesday, casting himself as an outsider who would restore lost collective bargaining rights, push for a public option state-run health insurance program for all and advocate for a $15 minimum […] Reported by Seattle Times 13 hours ago.

Get to Know Hope Hicks, the New White House Communications Director

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Get to Know Hope Hicks, the New White House Communications Director Hope Hicks has been one of Donald Trump’s advisers since the campaign, acting as a one-woman press shop early on in his candidacy. On Tuesday, she was named as White House Communications Director, a job she held on an interim basis after the abrupt departure of Anthony Scaramucci last month.

She had been serving as the director of strategic communications and has been mentioned as one of Trump’s most trusted staffers on a regular basis.

But who is this 28-year-old woman from Greenwich, Connecticut? During the campaign, while she was a spokeswoman, Hicks rarely spoke to reporters, much less appeared on TV. And before working for Trump, she’d never had a job in politics before.

Check out the essential things you need to know about Hicks below.

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After graduating from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, with an English degree, Hicks worked at the New York PR firm Hiltzik Strategies, the company that Ivanka Trump hired to help with her fashion line. She met Trump through his eldest daughter, and according to GQ‘s 2016 profile on Hicks, was poached from Hiltzik Strategies after dressing like Ivanka to win Trump over.

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“Hicks is a product not of Washington but of the Trump Organization, a marble-walled universe where one’s delightful agreeability and ferocious loyalty are worth more than conventional experience,” the profile says.

During the campaign, she helped Trump tweet, decided who would and would not receive interviews with him, and attempted to put out several fires: Pope Francis calling out Trump’s wall rhetoric; Corey Lewandowski allegedly grabbing Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields’s arm; and the leaked Access Hollywood tape that produced the infamous “grab ‘em by the p—-” line.

Hicks was also the only person in the room with Trump during his interview with the New York Times in July. You remember the one — Trump confusingly suggested he believes health insurance only costs $12 a year and blasted Attorney General Jeff Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia investigation, among other things (that now pale in comparison to his remarks Tuesday).

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Before she became Trump’s righthand woman, Hicks dabbled in modeling and played lacrosse in college. “She is a hugger and a people pleaser, with long brown hair and green eyes, a young woman of distinctly all-American flavor — the sort that inspires Tom Petty songs, not riots,” as GQ described her in 2016.

Hicks was in Trump’s inner circle long before Sean Spicer or Scaramucci, the communications staffers who have most recently bitten the dust. She’s supposed to help Trump find a new, permanent communications director, so we’ll see if her history with the president will make her less vulnerable to the communications staffing curse.

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